"The chief manager, the messenger of the Prophet Shen Dudu is back."

In the Hexi Jiedu Mansion, all the subordinates under Wang Zhongsi were in a hurry. Since spring, their lord, who was the governor of the four towns, began to let the elite 200,000 troops of the four towns take turns to attack the frontier fortresses of the traitors, the war has continued in the past few months, and the messengers of the various army have not stopped for a day.

These experienced officials will be responsible for summarizing and placing the news brought back by all messengers and selecting the most important ones for their master to see. However, the messenger who is the best son-in-law of his master does not need to be seen by them, but can be presented directly to the master.

When they saw the messenger of the Shattered Ye Army with a dusty face, the officials in the lobby were looking forward to some good news. Now that Tubo has mobilized the entire army, even Tubo Zanpu claims to be in charge of the army, the war on the front line has become more intense, especially in the fortress built by An Sishun, Li Guangbi and Geshuhan, the Tubo people gathered troops.

At present, the three messengers who urged the army to collect supplies, food and reinforcements have never stopped. Instead, the Shen Dugu, who led only 25,000 troops to the expedition of the Sacred Ye army, left for more than two months without any movement.

"Master General."

The messenger opened the copper tube hidden close to his body, took out the letter paper inside and presented it to him. After Wang Zhongsi took it, he immediately looked at it. Then he showed joy from time to time and shouted loudly.

Wang Zhongsi never liked to fight a battle without a chance of winning. He refused to go to Shibao City because he thought that Shibao City was easy to defend but difficult to attack, and it was useless to defeat the national strength. However, now the national treasury is abundant, and the coal stoves and cement presented by Chen Lang, the former can allow the army to use coal as fuel and save valuable marching time. In addition, since he ordered the army to drink boiled water, there were many fewer soldiers in the current service, while the latter can build a strong city in a short time. An Sishun and others can build a big city before the Tubo people reacted, and the cement made an indelible contribution.

As he ordered the army to attack everywhere, his appetite became stronger and stronger. He asked his son-in-law to fight the Tuyuhun people, so he wanted to use the Jiuqu land to force the Tubo people to divide their troops. Compared with Shibao City, the Jiuqu land is also a strategic place that the Tubo people cannot lose, because once they lose the Jiuqu land, it is equivalent to declaring that the overlord position that Tubo had finally managed on the plateau completely collapsed, and at the same time, the national strength would be greatly reduced.

At that time, those tribes and small countries that were originally buried in Tubo will definitely not be exploited by them again. Thinking of this, Wang Zhongsi put down the letter in his hand. He said he was cautious before going to war. In the end, he was just like him. He thought of completing his achievements in one battle. Even if he could not destroy the country, he would at least not have the capital to compete with the Tang Dynasty for power.

"Master, don't you know where Shen Du Protector?"

"You can see it for yourself."

Wang Zhongsi directly handed the letter in his hand to several trusted officials in the hall for circulating it. Then the few people gathered together. After watching for a while, he became amazed, "The guardian of Shen used troops, but he was deeply aware of the essence of Duke Wei."

Listening to the officials, even though Wang Zhongsi knew that this was mostly a compliment, he was still very satisfied. Many generals learned military tactics, but they were more important than combat formations and less than national power. But is the knowledge of military strategists really a way to make people a enemy of thousands of people on the battlefield?

Wang Zhongsi himself gradually understood those principles after he was thirty years old. "The Protector Chen is going to fight the thiefs to the death in Jishishan." Seeing the letter behind the letter, some of the officials couldn't help but exclaim.

If what the Protector Chen said was true, the Battle of Jishishan would definitely have severely damaged the Tubo people.

"Master, will the Protector Chen send more troops there?"

"Let's wait and see."

Wang Zhongsi trusted his son-in-law, but this battle was of great importance and he had to be extremely cautious.

...

In Jishi City, thousands of miles away, Tieyan stood on the city wall, watching the Tang army camp that forced the camp less than ten miles outside the city, but she lost the worries she had a few days ago.

On that day, he led his army out of the city to make an appointment with the Tang army. The 20,000 Tuyuhun army was finally lost, and only 5,000 people were left to escape back to the city. The Tuyuhun prince seemed to have been beaten and had a drunken life all day long.

But this is not important. The key is that he finally tested the truth and reality of the Tang army. The child surnamed Chen only had 10,000 elite troops from the Tang army headquarters, and the rest were the 20,000 party-xiang cavalry recruited.

So this child surnamed Chen always sieges and does not attack. No wonder he had to send dead soldiers to burn grain to force him to fight. It was a dream to try to pull out the city with just over 30,000 people attacking the tall and solid city walls of Jishi City.

"Children Chen Guang, when my reinforcements arrive, your death will be the time for you."

Tieyan muttered to himself that Marshal Zhulong was his Shangguan, so he didn't care that Zanpu was going to catch the dead. In his opinion, this cunning Tang general would be better to kill. Thinking that he had been scared by this child's suspicion formation for so long, his hand holding the knife became tighter and tighter.

"Marson, our food is less than five days' worth..."

The deputy general beside Tieyan is not as optimistic as his own marshal. In the past few days, the Tang army came to the city to yell and scold, and occasionally drove away the captured Tuyuhun people to attack the city. Although they did not launch a large army to attack the city, it is an indisputable fact that the morale in the city is getting worse, especially the remaining Tuyuhun people have no fighting spirit at all.

“Reinforcements will arrive soon.”

Seeing the deputy general who had been with him for many years, Tieyan finally felt relieved. At this time, the deputy general was a little confused. It was obvious that when someone in the army asked about reinforcements these days, the marshal said that there had not been any news yet, so why was the reinforcements coming in a blink of an eye?

"There must be Tang traitors in the city, and you must not let go of the news of reinforcements."

Tie Yan said with great caution that the fire in the city that day made him still feel scared. He originally suspected that someone among the Tuyuhun people colluded with the Tang army, but when he was fighting with the Tang army outside the city, the Tuyuhun prince had all his strength. The Tuyuhun people's army suffered heavy losses, nearly 5,000 people were killed in battle, and nearly 10,000 were captured by the Tang army.

The generals under the command of the great prince were almost completely lost. He really could not continue to suspect the Tuyuhun Prince who was defeated by the Tang army. Tieyan now suspected that his generals colluded with the Tang army. He thought that even the god of war such as the Lun family had surrendered to the Tang Dynasty. In recent years, there were many Tubo generals who became rebels.

"Yes, Marshal."

The deputy general responded quickly, he knew whether this matter was big or small. No wonder the marshal has been pretending to be anxious these days, afraid that it was not for the traitor to take the initiative to collude with Tang Jun.

...

In the Tang army camp outside the city, Chen Guang still invited the leaders of the eight Dangxiang tribes, but there were also Murongzang, the third prince of Tuyuhun and other "captured" Tuyuhun generals.

Even though Tuoba Ping, Ye Lichen and others dislike each other, when facing the Tuyuhun people, they all hatred the enemy. Of course, Murong Zang and others had no good face to give the Dangxiang people opposite.

In that great battle ten days ago, after the Hexi knights retreated into the military formation, the Tuyuhun people, driven by their great prince and the coercion of the Tubo people behind them, still launched a fierce attack on the Tang Dynasty royal division. Chen Guang did not let the central army fight, but instead let the Dangxiang cavalry on both wings fight with the Tuyuhun cavalry. As a result, the Tuyuhun people, whose morale had long been destroyed by the Hexi knights, were beaten to pieces by the Dangxiang people.

If Chen Guang had not sent a timely order to prevent the Dangxiang cavalry from killing the defeated soldiers, he would have been afraid that more than 3,000 Tuyuhun people would die. After capturing nearly 10,000 Tuyuhun cavalry, Chen Guang had met Murongzang, the third prince of Tuyuhun, and at the same time released the captured Tuyuhun generals. Of course, he did not disclose his relationship with their eldest prince.

For the Tuyuhun people, they were able to survive all with the kindness of this Anxi Protector, so they were all grateful. The Tuyuhun generals also knelt on the ground and swear allegiance after being released.

However, after the Tuyuhun people were incorporated, they hated the Dangxiang people very much. There was constant friction between the two sides. If there was no Shen Guang, the two sides would have fought long ago.

"Major Protector, we are willing to be the pioneer. If we can't break the city tomorrow, we should come and see you."

I have to say that the king's army was the backer that day, defeating the Tuyuhun people, Ye Lichen and others were all a little distant. Seeing that the Tuyuhun people failed to attack the city in the past two days, I couldn't help but sarcastically, "We are definitely not like some people who shouted loyalty to the Protectorate, but..."

"You are a lowly person in the party, don't be plaguing things. Our loyalty to the Protector of the Great. If it weren't for the Protector of the Great, we would like to show our compassion for us..."

Murong Zang did not wait for Ye Lichen to say the provocation and said in full, and he jumped up and cursed, "If you have the ability, let me compete with you to let the Protector see who is the real warrior."

As he said this, the other Tuyuhun generals also jumped up one after another. In their hearts, they were defeated by these Dangxiang Guns that day, which was a great humiliation. What's more, the other party took advantage of the Tang Dynasty King's Army. If the Hexi knights had not defeated them at that time, how could they lose to these Dangxiang Guns?

Tuoba Ping, Ye Lichen and the others were naturally furious. In front of the Protector, how could they let these Tuyuhun people snatch the Protector's love for them?

For a moment, both sides were tense, and they seemed to be able to spit out fire in their eyes. However, although they were cursing very hard, no one had the courage to take the initiative to take the initiative to use the knife in front of Shen Guang.

Chen Guang just smiled and watched the two sides quarrel, until both sides began to greet each other's mother. Fang Zi shouted, "Enough, sit down for someone, it's so good to make a noise. If you want to earn face in front of someone, you have the chance to wait until the reinforcements of the traitors arrive, and let you go to the battlefield to divide the heights."

"Yes, Protector."

Seeing Chen Guang getting angry, both sides immediately stopped, but after sitting down, they still stared at the opposite side fiercely. After the banquet dispersed, Guo Ziyi said to himself, "The Lord is deliberately suppressing them so that they can use all the anger on the thieves."

"Brother Guo knows me, calculating the days, the reinforcements of the traitors should arrive soon. Otherwise, if the food in the city is cut off, we will not attack the city, so I am afraid that the old thief will be suspicious."

"I have sent scouts across Jishi Mountain. If the traitor army is coming, I think there will be news soon."

Guo Ziyi nodded. The newly recruited soldiers in the past two months have become accustomed to the climate of the plateau, and it is time to fight with the thieves in blood.

...

“How far is it to Jishi City.”

Jiesang Dongzebu asked the general beside him that Tieyan's letter of help had been sent to Luoshecheng long ago. The reason why the stones were sank to the sea without any response was that the Tang army attacked everywhere and the emergency letters of help were endless.

When he and Qiongsang Wermang, the big guy, found out the situation, Dafan lost most of the fortress on the border. The Tang army's advancement was much faster than before, and it was just after winter and the spring snow was about to melt. When it was the coldest, the troops suddenly came to the city and caught the Dafan warriors off guard.

Moreover, after these Tang troops seized the fortress, they pushed to the fortress, burned food and grass, and also plundered the cattle, sheep and horses of the border tribes with light cattle, sheep and horses. At first, they killed men who were higher than the wheels and plundered young and strong women, girls and children. However, when they went deeper into the territory of Dafan, they just killed animals and drove away the defeated tribes to flee, and did not kill more.

But for ministers like Jiesang Dongzebu, the tens of thousands of refugees created by the Tang army were the most troublesome. If it were the worst, it would be enough to let these untouchables die. But now the Tang army is in a state of being aggressive and is about to destroy the country. The national strength and population of Dafan are not as strong as that of the Tang Dynasty, so how could the tens of thousands of young and strong people die in vain?

So they mobilized food and grass forces from all over the country in Luoshe City, resettled these refugees, and organized them into an army, which took a lot of effort and time.

When Tieyan's letters of help were sent one after another, he and Qiongsang Wermang and other ministers quarreled over the main attack direction of the Tang army. Although they had known that the Tang Dynasty would attack Iron Band City (this is the name of the Tubo people for Shibao City), since they regained Iron Band City, the battles around Iron Band City broke out no less than five times, and each time they ended with the Tang army's defeat. It was also the only record that Dafan had made against the Tang Dynasty in recent years.

At the moment, Wang Zhongsi was abnormal and launched such a large-scale offensive in the spring like crazy, and three strong cities were set up in the direction of Iron Blade City. The troops they had sent before were all bleeding under the three strong cities that seemed to emerge out of thin air. Finally, according to the estimates of the generals on the front line, if they wanted to conquer such strong cities, they could only send out large troops to siege for a long time.

These three cities that looked like nails could involve more than 100,000 troops, not to mention that after they ordered the border to clear the fields of Dongdai on the border, the Tang army began to continuously increase troops to these three cities and transport food, fodder and supplies. When he left Luoshe City, nearly 500,000 troops were sent to Iron Band City and Wang Zhongsi's 200,000 Tang troops.

He personally brought the remaining 150,000 troops to reinforce Jishi City, just because Dafan could not lose the Jiuqu land that had taken away from Tuyuhun. As Dafan's deputy prime minister, Jisang Dongzebu knew very well that if Dafan lost his vassals and Jiuqu land, his national strength would decline. If Wang Zhongsi captured Shibao City again, then Dafan's achievements in expanding territory over the past century will be completely destroyed and will be wasted.

Thinking of this, Jiesang Dongzebu sighed. He thought that the saint would destroy the Great Wall in the internal struggle in the Tang Dynasty, except for Wang Zhongsi. Who would have thought that the final result would be like this?

"There are three days left, Zhong Lu."

"We're going to meet soon, Chen Lang of Anxi."

Jiesang Dongzebu said to himself, to be honest, he was not interested in this Chen Lang. In his opinion, whether it was fine wine or music, it was just something that made people lose their ambitions. However, when this person who was regarded as a slander and others killed Zhulongmang Buzhi in the Nieduo City Formation, he realized that another extraordinary person had appeared in the Tang Dynasty.
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